In 1940, Jaipuri came to Bombay (now
Mumbai), and started working as a
bus conductor, earning a monthly salary of eleven rupees. He used to participate in
mushairas, or poetry recitation symposiums. At a
mushaira,
Prithviraj Kapoor noticed Jaipuri and recommended him to his son,
Raj Kapoor. Raj Kapoor was planning a musical love story,
Barsaat (1949) with
Shankar–Jaikishan. Jaipuri wrote his first recorded song,
Jiya Beqaraar Hai for the film. His second song (and first duet) was
Chhor Gaye Baalam. Along with
Shailendra, Jaipuri wrote lyrics for all Raj Kapoor films till 1971. After the death of Jaikishan and failures of
Mera Naam Joker (1970) and
Kal Aaj Aur Kal (1971), however, Raj Kapoor turned to other lyricists and music directors. Raj Kapoor initially wanted to call him back for
Prem Rog (1982), but later settled for another lyricist,
Amir Qazalbash. Kapoor finally asked him to write lyrics for the film,
Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985). Later, he also invited Hasrat to write three songs for the movie
Henna (1991). Jaipuri alleges that after Raj Kapoor's death, the music composer
Ravindra Jain "conspired" to "scrap" his lyrics and replace them with his own lyrics. When fellow lyricist
Shailendra turned producer with
Teesri Kasam, he invited Jaipuri to write lyrics for the movie. He also wrote screenplay for the movie
Hulchul (1951). His last film as a lyricist was
Hatya: The Murder (2004).
Selected list of songs ==Poetry==